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As Arctic temperatures rise, precipitation rates, and snow/ice cover volumes, begin to change as well. In some cases, this has lead to an increase in vegetation, which can have the beneficial effect of reducing atmospheric CO2, but which can also cause a disruption in the trace gas exchange between earth and atmosphere. Also, many of these climate change impacts produce imbalances within ecosystems (the web of interactions between species, and between species and their environments) and these can and do [...]

It appears there has been a bit of a mix-up at the North Pole.  Someone better hurry up and tell Santa.  Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer is not a male!  According to the University of Edinburgh Professors Gerald Lincoln and David Baird, the proof is in the antlers! 

Results recently published in the journal Global Change Biology show a population drop of 60% in worldwide caribou and reindeer numbers over the last three decades.

The dramatic decline in population is likely due to climate change and increased industrial development in boreal forests around the world.

St. Matthew Island. Photo: Dave KleinWelcome to another edition of Uncle Ryan's story time…

Editor's note: Red, Green and Blue is Green Options' weekly take on politics and the environment from both sides of the aisle. Ryan Thibodaux represents the progressive position. Jimmy Hogan's conservative take on this issue is available here.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful uninhabited Alaskan paradise called St.

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